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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Professional" by the artist "Weeknd, The"

In "Professional", The Weeknd paints a portrait of a person deeply entrenched in a world of material possessions and superficial relationships. The lyrical hero addresses a woman who, having achieved success and financial independence, has lost herself in the pursuit of wealth and status.

He acknowledges her professionalism in love - the ability to abstract herself from feelings and treat relationships as a game ("We are professionals", "We are connoisseurs in love"). However, behind this mask of indifference hides pain and emptiness. The hero sees that she is afraid of losing her success, and this obsession is destroying her from the inside ("Just one thought terrifies you, You're going crazy").

He does not judge her, understanding that such a lifestyle is the result of her past difficulties and the desire to never be vulnerable again ("Everything you've been through has made you stronger"). But at the same time, he realizes that such "love" is just an illusion, devoid of sincerity and true intimacy ("Every touch you sell is a lie").

[Intro:]

It's ideal.

You need someone to tell you how to feel,

And you think your happiness is real,

There's so much more the world has to reveal,

But you choose to be concealed.

So you're somebody now,

But what's a somebody in a nobody town?

I don't think you even know it.

So you're somebody now,

But what's a somebody in a nobody town?

You made enough to quit a couple years ago

But it consumes you,

It's everywhere you go,

And just the thought alone got you tripping,

Got you losing your mind.

And I don't blame you,

It's everything you know,

All this time this ain't you,

I decide when we're through.

[Chorus:]

I love, you love

This love,

We're professional.

I know, you know

We're sophisticated

At loving.

[Verse 1:]

What does it mean

When your heart's already numb?

You're professional,

Won't treat it like it's personal,

No, ‘cause it's just love,

It always makes its way back around,

It's dispensable.

To fall is unacceptable,

‘Cause everything you've been through made you stronger,

And every day you learn about yourself,

And nothing really played out how it's supposed to.

Dependin' on somebody else's wealth,

But now you know the value of a dollar,

And, girl, I make enough of it to spend.

I love the way you've put yourself together,

I love the way you make that body bend

For me again,

Oh yeah!

[Chorus]

[Verse 2:]

All of those nights you were up early holdin' your own,

Girl, you've got it made.

Had you blamin' yourself all when life did you wrong?

Now, you've got it made.

Getting' rich to the drums of your favorite song,

Girl, you've got it made.

Because your freedom was here in this cage all along,

Ooh, how did you drain all the soul from your eyes?

How did you teach, teach yourself how to smile

In a world where your dreams can't be real? No,

Every touch that you sell is a lie.

[Chorus]

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